Seoul · Neighborhood
Gangnam & Cheongdam, the premium tier
South of the river is Seoul's premium tier — the K-pop stylist salons of Cheongdam, the city's head-spa district, and the studios where personal color analysis got serious.
K-pop hair & makeup
The salons idols actually sit in — book well ahead.
ARZ MAKE UP
아르즈청담
Cheongdam · 5.0 (15) · Wedding & photoshoot hair and makeup
Cheongdam studio specialized in wedding and photoshoot makeup.
Cutloose
컷루스
Cheongdam · 5.0 (34) · Hair & makeup
Cheongdam K-pop hair and makeup studio; the director's creative styling made their Instagram the portfolio.
ESYUN Hair Extensions
이슌
Apgujeong · Hair-extension specialist studio
A hair-extension (붙임머리) specialist studio near Sinsa, with profile branding in Japanese as well as Korean.
Hautbeaute
오보테 (청담)
Cheongdam · Hair & makeup
A celebrity-favorite hair and makeup atelier on Cheongdam-dong.
HOSU DOSAN
호수도산
Cheongdam · 4.6 (19) · K-pop hair & makeup
Premium K-pop hair and makeup on Dosan-daero; idol-style makeovers, bookable via Creatrip.
Jenny House
제니하우스 (청담)
Cheongdam · 4.5 (128) · Hair
The celebrity hair house — Jenny House's Cheongdam flagship.
JUNO HAIR Garosugil
준오헤어 가로수길점
Garosugil · Hair salon
Garosugil branch of Seoul's largest salon chain — a reliable first cut, with 50+ Klook bookings.
Lovey
러비 (압구정)
Apgujeong · Hair & makeup
Hair and makeup studio in Apgujeong.
Normalshop
노멀샵
Cheongdam · Hair & makeup
Hair and makeup studio near Gangnam-gu Office Station — pets welcome.
ONYAD Hair
온야드 (압구정로데오)
Apgujeong · Hair & head spa
Famous on social for 'On-spa' personal hair consulting; Seoul Forest flagship plus five branches.
Rolling Jay
롤링제이
Cheongdam · Hair & makeup
Hair and makeup salon between Cheongdam and Gangnam-gu Office Station.
Soonsoo Cheongdam
순수청담본점
Cheongdam · 4.8 (8) · Hair, makeup & wedding styling
Cheongdam total beauty salon — hair, makeup, weddings, and celebrity styling.
Texture Apgujeong Rodeo
텍스처 압구정로데오점
Apgujeong · Color-specialist hair salon
A colour-focused hair salon on Apgujeong Rodeo, part of a small two-branch brand that treats dyeing and bond-repair as its signature.
The Boutique Hauve Dosan
더 부띠끄 하우브 도산점
Apgujeong · Full-service hair salon
A large, newly opened Apgujeong-Rodeo salon with around twenty chairs and a proprietary damaged-hair perm-and-treatment line.
The Gravel
더그래블
Cheongdam · Men's private hair lounge
A high-end men's-only "gentlemen's hair lounge" in Cheongdam offering one-to-one private styling, scalp spa and hairpiece work.
Typer Haus
타이퍼하우스
Apgujeong · Men's premium hair salon
A men's premium hair shop near Apgujeong Rodeo station, backed by a well-known men's-hair brand and branded entirely in English around the line "Type Your Persona."
VOID Cheongdam
보이드바이박철 청담본점
Cheongdam · 5.0 (22) · Hair & makeup
Small Cheongdam studio praised for natural styling and attentive consultations.
WENEEDBLACK The Cheongdam
위닛블랙 더청담점
Cheongdam · Premium hair salon
A newly opened Cheongdam hair salon under the WENEEDBLACK brand (operator LIVEX), with modern, trend-led cut and colour work.
Yoning
요닝 (청담)
Cheongdam · K-pop hair & makeup
Premium K-beauty hair and makeup in Cheongdam; idol styling draws a celebrity clientele.
Head spa & massage
Seoul's head-spa district, plus aroma and body work.
Earthness Spa
어스니스 스파
Gangnam · 4.9 (19) · Aroma massage
Quiet aroma-oil massage studio in Gangnam.
IN SPA
인스파 프리미엄 호텔스파
Gangnam · 4.8 (73) · Spa & massage
Premium hotel-style spa and massage in Gangnam.
Marzia Healing Spa - Cheongdam
마르지아 힐링 스파 - 청담
Gangnam · Day spa
Day spa by Eonju Station — despite the branch name it is in Yeoksam-dong, not Cheongdam — offering facials, body work and organic sugaring.
Moclock Scalp Care
모클락 두피/탈모 케어
Gangnam · 4.4 (32) · Scalp & hair-loss head spa
Scalp and hair-loss care specialist head spa in Gangnam.
Spa 1899 Donginbi
스파 1899 동인비
Gangnam · 4.6 (25) · Ginseng spa
Red-ginseng spa run by the Donginbi skincare brand, two levels beneath KT&G Tower in Gangnam.
Spa Gogyeol
스파고결
Gangnam · 5.0 (269) · Manual therapy spa
Cheongdam treatment spa worked entirely by hand, with a second branch in Seocho.
Personal color
The first-generation studios that started the trend.
Color Place
컬러플레이스 (강남)
Gangnam · 5.0 (202) · Personal color analysis
The K-pop celebrity personal-color studio — famous for idol visits, from BLACKPINK to TWICE.
Color Signal
컬러시그널 (강남)
Gangnam · 4.9 (909) · Personal color analysis
Thorough color analysis with interpreter service; reviewers note the team follows through even past closing time.
Colorize (Gangnam)
컬러라이즈 (강남)
Gangnam · 4.9 (320) · Personal color analysis
Gangnam branch of the Colorize personal-color studio — same brand as the Myeongdong flagship.
Myshopper
마이쇼퍼
Gangnam · 4.7 (11) · Personal color & shopping guide
Personal color analysis paired with a guided shopping session.
Classes & workshops
Private perfume blending and hands-on Korean cooking.
.NOTE Perfume Class (Gangnam)
.NOTE 도트노트 (강남)
Gangnam · 5.0 (374) · Private perfume-making class · Experience
.NOTE's private self-perfume class, Gangnam studio.
Home-Style Korean Cooking Class
강남역 인근 한식 가정식 쿠킹클래스
Gangnam · 4.9 (80) · Home-style Korean cooking class · Experience
Home-style Korean cooking near Gangnam Station — creative freedom over strict recipes, with the culture behind each dish.
Facials, nails & clinics
Facial studios, celebrity nail art, and dermatology-grade skin care.
DAKYO NAIL
다교네일 압구정
Apgujeong · Nail art
Nail art studio in Apgujeong, newly listed on Klook.
HYZE Clinic
하이즈의원
Apgujeong · Dermatology clinic
Dermatology clinic at Apgujeong Rodeo focused on lifting, pigment, and body treatments.
Inko Seoul (formerly Individuel Genève)
Individuel Geneve
Gangnam · 3.9 (37) · Facial & body treatments
Skin-analysis-led facial studio near Gangnam-gu Office Station, now trading as Inko Seoul.
COEX, Bongeunsa and Apgujeong: A Day in Modern Seoul
A south-of-the-river itinerary that pairs COEX and Bongeunsa, then moves honestly to Apgujeong.
A Beauty Lover's Day in Gangnam
Personal color in the morning, hair in Apgujeong after lunch, a spa before dinner — how to build a day south of the river, with the reservations you have to make weeks out and the mistakes we'd avoid.